7th grade project due Friday January 18th, 2013

Here you all have the last 10 exercises for the project:

1. Let "n" be any prime number. Tell whether the statement "2n + 1 is prime" is sometimes, always, or never try.

Write the prime factorization of each number. Use exponents where possible:

1. 96
2. 150
3. 225
4. 333

1. A bank customer has $172 in a bank account. She withdraws $85 per month for the next 3 months. She also writes 4 checks for $45.75 each. How much money should she deposit to ensure that her balance is at least $25 at the end of the 3 months?
2. You go with five friends to an amusement park. The tickets originally cost $36.5 each, but you receive a group discount. The total cost is $198. What discount does each person receive?

Find the value of each expression:

1. 36 +(-2x3) - 5
2. (18 - 9) x 8
3. 100 - 7 x 9

Have a great afternoon!

6th grade project due Friday January 18th, 2013

Here you have the last 10 exercises for the project.
I hope you all do well!

Find the LCM of each pair of numbers:

1. 4, 10
2. 5, 7
3. 12, 15

Find the GCF of each pair of numbers:

1. 18, 32
2. 16, 80
3. 52, 26

Write the prime factorization of each number:

1. 111
2. 132
3. 60
4. 75

I hope you all have a great afternoon!

7th grade Friday January 18th, 2013

Hello all!
I hope you all started working on your project which is due this Friday. Remember not to leave things for the last minute. If you organize your schedule, you have enough time to complete everything and still have time to spare :)

Following 10 exercises:

Write each number in scientific notation:

1. 4,800
2. 17,200
3. 180,000
4. 25,000,000

Write each decimal as a mixed number or fraction in simplest form:

1. 1.4
2. 0.33
3. 0.24
4. 4.44

Simplify each expression:

1. -79 + 15
2. -23 - (-14)

Hope you all have a great afternoon!

6th grade Project due Friday January 18th, 2013

Good morning!
Here you will find the following 10 exercises of your project.

Next class we will be discussing some of the word problems in order for you to undersdant them all.

1.  -3 + 5
2. -4 - 9
3. 48/(-3) (this is a division)
4. -2 + (-2)
5. -8 x (-9)
6. -6(11)

Compare. Use <, =, or >

1. -12____12
2. -9____-5
3. |-7|___-8
4. |-6|___6

Hope you all have a great afternoon!

7th grade project due Friday January 18th, 2013

n order for us to review what we learned during our first semester, we are going to complete a project which will be due the following Friday (January 18th).

The project:

• You will have 30 exercises in total (the first 10 exercises you will find them in this post).
• You must work on white paper.
• Remember to work with PENCIL.
• Do not print the exercises, you must write them down. (We always copy instructions)
• I will be grading how neat, clean, organized your project is, along with your work (process and answers)
• You may use colors to underline ONLY the number of the exercise.

I'm confident you will all do great :)

First 10 exercises:

1. An animal shelter purchases dog food for $15.98 per bag. Use the Distributive Property to find how much the shelter will pay for 4 bags of dog food. 

2. A fishing boat sets its net 37ft below the ocean's surface. Then it lowers the net an additional 16.5ft. Write an expression to represent the new depth of the net. 

3. Four picture frames cost $5.98 each. Which would you use to find the total cost- mental math or paper and pencil? Explain your choice

4. Twice as many students go to the park than to the theater. Five more students go to the theater than to the museum. If 16 students go to the park, how many students go to the museum?

5. The lowest recorded temperature in Australia was -9F. The lowest recorded temperature in North America was -81F. Which continent has the lower recorded temperature>

6. Kai has $315 in her bank account. She withdraws $65 for a new jacket and another $13 for lunch with her friends. She deposits $26. What is the balance in Kai's account?

7. A store sells bicycle for $250 each. In one week the store had $1,250 in bicycle sales. How many bicycles did the store sell?

8. Students are cleaning a local park in groups. There are 50 boys and 75 girls. Each group has the same number of boys and the same number of girls. What is the greatest possible number of groups?

9. The cafeteria has 144 bananas, 36 pears, and 72 apples. Each student gets the same number of pieces of each fruit. What is the greatest number of students who can receive fruit?

10. Erika worked from 4:55P.M. to 5:30 P.M Maria worked two-thirds of an hour. Who worked longer?

Remember not to leave everything for the last minute! On Monday I'll post the following exercises.

Remember your goals. In order for you to achieve them you must work for them!

Have a great afternoon!

7th grade homework due January 11th, 2013

Good afternoon 7th grade!
Here is your homework for tomorrow. Remember that you have to do it IN your notebook. I understand that we have class during the 1st period, so you dont need to take it to Neruda, I'll collect it in class.

Ex. 1 - 6 p. 212

1) A percent compares a number to _____________.

Match each fraction or decimal with a percent:

2) 1.0                                                 a) 14%
3) 12/100                                           b) 6%
4) 0.06                                               c) 40%
5) 14/100                                           d) 100%

Remember that to achieve your goals you need to work hard!
Have a great afternoon!

6th grade project due Friday January 18th, 2013

In order for us to review what we learned during our first semester, we are going to complete a project which will be due the following Friday (January 18th).

The project:

• You will have 30 exercises in total (the first 10 exercises you will find them in this post).
• You must work on white paper.
• Remember to work with PENCIL.
• Do not print the exercises, you must write them down. (We always copy instructions)
• I will be grading how neat, clean, organized your project is, along with your work (process and answers)
• You may use colors to underline ONLY the number of the exercise.

I'm confident you will all do great :)

First 10 exercises:

1. At a grocery store, you buy hamburger weighing 1.42 lb, sausage weighing 2.16 lb, and a chicken weighing 3.73 lb. How many pounds of meat do you buy?
2. Mr Porter bought 24 bagels at 6 for $2.49 and 12 cartons of juice at 6 for $1.98. What was the total cost of the bagels and juice Mr Porter bought, not including tax?
3. Eduardo can type 65 words per minute. How many words can he type in 7.5 minutes?
4. You use 0.6 lb of bananas in each smoothie. How many smoothies can you make with 3.12 lb of bananas?
5. Nuts cost $1.75 per jar. How many jars can you buy with $14?
6. Do you think there is a commutative property of division? Explain why or why not. Give examples.
7. You are making a homework planner that is 8.5 in. wide. The first column is 1.25 in. wide and lists the subjects. The next five columns are equally divided and represent the five school days. How many inches wide is the column for Monday?
8. Which two numbers have an absolute value of 1?
9. Your friend has trouble simplifying 20 - (-38). Write an explanation to help your friend.
10. Describe a situation that can be represented by the expression 4(-2)

As your are working remember to do your best. I KNOW you can all do great, and as I said in class, it all depends on you :)

Do not leave it for the night before! There are too many exercises to do in one night!

6th grade homework

Due date for this homework:

For 6th Neruda and 6th Bronte it is due tomorrow January 10th, 2013
For 6th Keats it is due on January 11th, 2013

Remember this homework is to be done in your notebook.

Ex. 1 - 5 p. 128

1) Why do you need common denominators to add or subtract fractions?

Find the least common denominator of the fraction:
2) 1/5 ; 3/4

3) 5/18 ; 1/16

4) 7/10 ; 1/4

5) 1/2 ; 2/3

Hope you all have a great afternoon!